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House adopts committee-of-conference report on bill regulating synthetic media near elections
Summary
The Vermont House accepted a unanimous committee‑of‑conference strike‑all report on S.23, which narrows the definition of deceptive synthetic media, requires disclosures for deceptive synthetic media published within 90 days of an election, lists exemptions for certain media/hosts, and establishes fines and enforcement authority for civil investigations.
The House of Representatives on Feb. 11 adopted the committee‑of‑conference report on S.23, an act addressing the use of synthetic media in elections, after the representative presenting the report summarized compromise language that resolved the remaining differences between the chambers.
The presenter, recorded in the transcript as the Member from Verdense, told the chamber the strike‑all report updates definitions to cover synthetic media that reasonably appears to be a realistic representation of an individual (not only a political candidate) and narrows the scope to deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media that injures a candidate’s reputation or attempts to unduly influence an election.
The report requires a disclosure when a person publishes or…
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